jest vs mocha
Testing · npm download comparison · data as of 17 October 2026
jest is downloaded about 3.6× as often as mocha — 46,829,919 versus 12,967,332 downloads in the last 7 days.
Over the last 90 days, jest downloads changed +6.5% and mocha +5.7% compared with the 90 days before, so jest is growing faster.
● jest● mochaweekly downloads, last 12 months
Log scale — each grid line is 10× the one below, so both packages stay readable.
| jest | mocha | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 46,829,919 | 12,967,332 |
| Monthly downloads | 214,015,882 | 62,802,534 |
| Downloads, last 12 months | 2,096,777,130 | 673,365,941 |
| 90-day growth | +6.5% | +5.7% |
| Latest version | 30.5.2 | 12.0.3 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Direct dependencies | 4 | 16 |
| Description | Delightful JavaScript Testing. | Classic, reliable, trusted test framework for Node.js and the browser |
Download counts come from the public npm registry API and include CI and mirror traffic, so treat them as a popularity signal, not a user count.